wake
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
Verb 4 meanings
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
“I woke up at four o'clock this morning.”
(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
“The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.”
To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Noun 4 meanings
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
A group of vultures or buzzards.
The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
Etymology
A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.
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WAKE at a glance
WAKE has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,760 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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